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Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by smcl »

bb88 wrote: post #94
jacquesm wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He should make up his mind about this 'free speech' thing and then stick to whatever decision he comes up with for at least a couple of months. This is beyond silly.

Yeah... if he really cared about anyone else's personal safety other than his own, he wouldn't have fired the twitter safety team, and then not said anything about a former twitter executive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/12/musk-tw...

I don’t even think it was particularly about his personal safety. So someone gets a notification he has landed in Miami - are they going to race to the airport, hop the fence, run to his plane and confront him?

I genuinely think he just found it irritating that someone was trying to make him look bad. I don’t blame him, I’d probably feel the same way. But then I haven’t bought a social media platform and loudly and repeatedly proclaimed that I am a free-speech absolutist.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by colordrops »

meepmorp wrote: post #83
colordrops wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They did this so they could say they banned it due to their new rule against location sharing, rather than Elon's personal vendetta.

That's such a stupid explanation that it's probably true.

It would make sense if they had to scrub logs and emails for legal reasons in the future.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by giaour »

SXX wrote: post #21
mjn wrote: post #11

This appears to be the new policy: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1603165959669354496

I wonder how does Elon expect any journalist to follow these rules? Big chunk of information from press is reporting on public figures location and sometimes this include reporting in real time.

"Reporting that Elon Musk is being arraigned at LA County Court House violates our ban on live location reporting."

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by jacquesm »

NaturalPhallacy wrote: post #128
KyleJune wrote: post #64

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They banned it again about 8 minutes ago. I was scrolling through the linked thread when it got suspended and the tweets disappeared.

This might be why: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603190155107794944

I'm way past the point where I will believe Musk at his word.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by lexandstuff »

mbreese wrote: post #78

Is Twitter actually working now? I get nothing but errors from the iOS app and the web. Edit: figured it out - content filter on the wifi I was using was filtering out some but not all Twitter URLs. It’s always DNS, I should know better.

I find the tabs on the Explore page return errors about 20% of the time. Also, yesterday Trending was offline for an hour or so, and random keywords like Telegram were blocked and then unblocked [1]. It's about as broken as you'd expect for a company that just lost ~70% of its headcount.

[1] https://twitter.com/kingslyj/status/1601933093006610433

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by trident5000 »

jacquesm wrote: post #79
KyleJune wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They banned it again about 8 minutes ago. I was scrolling through the linked thread when it got suspended and the tweets disappeared.

He should make up his mind about this 'free speech' thing and then stick to whatever decision he comes up with for at least a couple of months. This is beyond silly.

He said in multiple tweets theres still rules particularly with direct harm to people. Idk why you would think doxxing and tracking someones location (which in this case they stalked his family) would be ok. I feel like this is just a talking point even though you and others know better but just dont like Musk. If thats the case just say it.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by neilv »

KyleJune wrote: post #64
jacquesm wrote: post #60

No they didn't. Or if they did they banned it again after their new figleaf rules were enacted. You can't make this up, what a mess.

They banned it again about 8 minutes ago. I was scrolling through the linked thread when it got suspended and the tweets disappeared.

Maybe the title should be updated, or people scanning headlines will be misled.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by meepmorp »

postmeta wrote: post #122
stefan_ wrote: post #109

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Yes except for the part where it's a car not a plane and some random LA road not an airport. Except for these things it's a perfect match, grateful for this context. Although this "Elon Musk realizes he is not alone on planet" arc is quite interesting.

maybe they followed the car from the airport?

maybe they recognized him at an intersection and followed him?

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by trident5000 »

bb88 wrote: post #94
jacquesm wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He should make up his mind about this 'free speech' thing and then stick to whatever decision he comes up with for at least a couple of months. This is beyond silly.

Yeah... if he really cared about anyone else's personal safety other than his own, he wouldn't have fired the twitter safety team, and then not said anything about a former twitter executive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/12/musk-tw...

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